WORD PUZZLE #14 from THE SWORD AND THE CROWN
JUL/AUG 2008 Chapter Four: The Road To Solárin
Read the story passage at the bottom to find the ten clues to the puzzle below. Good luck!
“Well I have some good news for you,” Princess Rosalind said. “Things at the castle now are quite changed. You
won’t recognize the place.”
“Malaban didn’t have much decorating sense, did he,” Molly said.
“Not quite,” Princess Rosalind replied with a giggle. “But King Alexander saw that the castle was brought back to
life after his exile. The fireplaces now burn with warming blazes, and colorful tapestries adorn the walls of the castle
corridors. Even the vault that Malaban had constructed in the lower level has been turned into a storage room. The
door was removed, dismantled and melted down.”
“What a relief to be rid of that,” muttered Prince Jeremiah. “From what Rosalind told me, it must have been a
dreadful predicament, locked up in the dark vault, not thinking you’d survive the day.”
“Certainly a bleak moment,” Christopher said, “but we had the best people on our side, and that’s all that really
mattered. Belthasar never had a chance.”
“Anyway, we’ll never have to worry about that nightmare vault again,” Molly said with relief. “It’s gone, just like
Belthasar. And the world is better for it.”
Prince Jeremiah turned to look outside again, resting his forehead on the carriage window as the late morning
landscape swept by. He ignored the rest of the conversation as he juggled a hundred details in his head at once–
planning, preparing. Plotting.
© 2008 Thomas J. Prestopnik All rights reserved. www.TomPresto.com
JUL/AUG 2008 Chapter Four: The Road To Solárin
Read the story passage at the bottom to find the ten clues to the puzzle below. Good luck!
“Well I have some good news for you,” Princess Rosalind said. “Things at the castle now are quite changed. You
won’t recognize the place.”
“Malaban didn’t have much decorating sense, did he,” Molly said.
“Not quite,” Princess Rosalind replied with a giggle. “But King Alexander saw that the castle was brought back to
life after his exile. The fireplaces now burn with warming blazes, and colorful tapestries adorn the walls of the castle
corridors. Even the vault that Malaban had constructed in the lower level has been turned into a storage room. The
door was removed, dismantled and melted down.”
“What a relief to be rid of that,” muttered Prince Jeremiah. “From what Rosalind told me, it must have been a
dreadful predicament, locked up in the dark vault, not thinking you’d survive the day.”
“Certainly a bleak moment,” Christopher said, “but we had the best people on our side, and that’s all that really
mattered. Belthasar never had a chance.”
“Anyway, we’ll never have to worry about that nightmare vault again,” Molly said with relief. “It’s gone, just like
Belthasar. And the world is better for it.”
Prince Jeremiah turned to look outside again, resting his forehead on the carriage window as the late morning
landscape swept by. He ignored the rest of the conversation as he juggled a hundred details in his head at once–
planning, preparing. Plotting.
© 2008 Thomas J. Prestopnik All rights reserved. www.TomPresto.com
ACROSS
5 Not paid any attention
7 Keep your money in this
8 A king lives in this
9 A short time
10 Not odd
5 Not paid any attention
7 Keep your money in this
8 A king lives in this
9 A short time
10 Not odd
DOWN
1 This many pennies in a dollar
2 A type of laugh
3 A difficult situation
4 A whole one is pretty big
6 Four of these hold up a roof
1 This many pennies in a dollar
2 A type of laugh
3 A difficult situation
4 A whole one is pretty big
6 Four of these hold up a roof